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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

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